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Several

Separate; distinct; particular; single.

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Different 84% connected

Distinct; separate; not the same; other.

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Different 84% connected

Distinct; separate; not the same; other.

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Individual 84% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Individual 84% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Single 84% connected

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

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Single 84% connected

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

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Some 84% connected

Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or nu…

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Some 84% connected

Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or nu…

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Respective 92% connected

Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate.

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Various 92% connected

Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors.

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…

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Abstraction adjective · 78% connection

The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus,…

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Ankylosis noun · 78% connection

The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

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Articulately adverb · 78% connection

With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.

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Besides preposition · 78% connection

Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.

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Bolt verb · 78% connection

To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or…

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Canton verb · 78% connection

To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.

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Crop noun · 78% connection

That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially,…

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Diatomous adjective · 78% connection

Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; -- said of crystals.

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Differentiate verb · 78% connection

To acquire a distinct and separate character.

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Discrete adjective · 78% connection

Separate; distinct; disjunct.

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Disjoint verb · 78% connection

To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as,…

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Dissect verb · 78% connection

To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to…

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Diverse adjective · 78% connection

Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.

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Endogen noun · 78% connection

A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, ir…

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External adjective · 78% connection

Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.

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Figure noun · 78% connection

Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.

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Fractionally adverb · 78% connection

By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions.

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